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The Complete Pogo is finally on the press

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August 23, 2011

The long overdue Pogo: The Complete Daily & Sunday Comic Strips is now at the printers according to The Beat

Each volume contains two years of Walt Kelly’s magnum opus. Since the first year started in mid-year, there’s room in the book to also include the pre-syndication Pogo strips he did for The New York Star, a short-lived newspaper for which he worked. This gives you the chance to observe from Day One and watch as it develops steadfastly from a darn good newspaper strip to something a lot better than just “darn good.” Working on this collection, that was my constant thought: “Gee, it just gets better and better, doesn’t it?”

Community Comments

#1 b.j. Dewey
August/23/2011
@ 10:19 am

Finally, an end to the years of having to be satisfied with a very used “Ten Ever-Loving Blue-Eyed Years With Pogo” book and copies of banged-up odds and ends of Pogo material from the library (which could not be checked out). It could only get better!
#2 Ed Power
August/23/2011
@ 10:25 am

AWESOME!!!!
#3 Mike Cope
August/23/2011
@ 11:55 am

Think they’ll sell the 2 volume boxed sets like The Complete Peanuts and Dennis the Menace?
#4 Joel Bader
August/23/2011
@ 1:19 pm

I hope to buy some copies online or at the bookstore. To date, I’ve been buying second hand collections from the 1950s and 1980s (when Pogo became a cult comic strip–remember Phi Beta Pogo anyone?). These should be interesting.
#5 Darryl Heine
August/23/2011
@ 3:55 pm

I remember the 1989-1993 ill fated Pogo revival, first by Neal Sternecky and later by Walt Kelly’s children (Peter and Carolyn).
#6 BOB QUICK
August/23/2011
@ 4:20 pm

I GO POGO!!! Looking forward to this latest collection of one of my favorite cartoonists.
#7 Dan Olson
August/23/2011
@ 5:57 pm

I’ve had this on pre-order from Amazon since October 2007. I’ll miss my bi-annual notices of the shipping date slipping and if I still want it.
#8 Darryl Ayo
August/24/2011
@ 10:03 am

Fantagraphics keeps winning. I have a volume of their old Pogo dailies collection. Given their work with Krazy Kat, Thimble Theatre and Peanuts, I anticipate big things with this new generation Pogo.

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